Yep, firing #4 today. Let go from my SysAdmin job in Arlington.

Fuck me.

:cry:

Who do you work for? Donald Trump?

sorry to hear...

Sorry to hear it, Todd.

That's the problem with being so good at your job (i.e., commanding top-$$$). You're the first one to get the axe.

You're so good, they can't afford you.

That's the way I'd look at it. :)

I got laid off about 9-10 years ago. I found out by accident (the CEO dropped off some signed checks to me, and mistakenly left the layoff plans on the bottom).
So I had a 4 month headstart to steal as many office supplies as I could. I stole so much I still have some to this day.
The funny thing is, they refilled my position within 2 years, and 8 years after I got laid off I was rehired as that person's supervisor. :D
So ... the moral of the story is: Steal as many supplies as you can before you go, and it will all work out in the end.

What the fu...

Maybe you just need to live the life of a hobo, traveling by freight train with your belongings in a polka dot cloth tied to the end of a stick.

Sorry to hear it man...I didn't get the axe yesterday, but I know how those people feel that have had layoffs go through their company. It is no good.

That really sucks. Are you okay with health coverage for a while?

What the fu...

Maybe you just need to live the life of a hobo, traveling by freight train with your belongings in a polka dot cloth tied to the end of a stick.

Did you run over a family of black cats in a previous life or something? I had a very similar thought to the above :(

SI

Yep, firing #4 today. Let go from my SysAdmin job in Arlington.

Fuck me.

:cry:

I'll keep my ears open for any positions in the area.

Who do you work for? Donald Trump?
That made me LOL. I'm looking at this as being ahead of teh curve, because everyone that's left will be gone pretty soon. At least I don't have to compete with them for open jobs, right?

Sorry to hear about this, Toddzilla.

Thats too bad to hear, did you work for the County?

Ugh, awful news Todd.
Hope something comes around quickly for you. I'll keep my eyes/ears open around here.

/tk

Dude that sucks. Well at least ya have time to focus on Fantasy Baseball.

Become a school bus driver..The only way to get fired is through sheer ineptitude.

Become a school bus driver..The only way to get fired is through sheer ineptitude.

They starting firing for that?

Sorry Tood to here that. Hope everything works out. ............I am nervous myself after I got a late afternoon outlook meeting invite for me to meet with my Director tomorrow morning and it did not have any meeting title which never happens. I was just saying in the other thread about how I "thought" my job was relatively safe since I was the SME at my place. I guess they could just decide to axe the whole team which is apossibility. Crap.

gah...fuck...sorry to hear Toddzilla

That made me LOL. I'm looking at this as being ahead of teh curve, because everyone that's left will be gone pretty soon. At least I don't have to compete with them for open jobs, right?

I guess that's a good way of looking at it. Sorry I didn't post it earlier, but I'm sorry to hear about your bad luck. I realized that post might come off...insensitive.

At least when one door closes, there are more that will open up. I left the Army last year and had been in for 13 years. There were still a bunch of different opportunities out there and I'm doing a lot better than I was back then. Who knows? Maybe this job just wasn't meant for you to be there long and something better will come along.

The economy is making me nervous about ever getting out of the military...

Update - updated and got my resume up on Monster (which I don't like so much, but it's busy) and got pinged twice tonight, one from a company in the top 50 to work for.

Fingers crossed

sorry to hear about this. hope things work out with those pings!

Update - updated and got my resume up on Monster (which I don't like so much, but it's busy) and got pinged twice tonight, one from a company in the top 50 to work for.

Fingers crossed

Todd, I know a recruiter based in Reston that has done really well for us (on the employer side) -- would you like me to get you two in contact with each other?

w00t!

Got hired this past week while on vacation to work as a SysAdmin at a small but growing wed-development company. The job hits all my sweet spots - great people, relaxed atmosphere, cool technology. I'm as happy as can be.

w00t!

Got hired this past week while on vacation to work as a SysAdmin at a small but growing wed-development company. The job hits all my sweet spots - great people, relaxed atmosphere, cool technology. I'm as happy as can be.


Congrats! Staying in the same location?

w00t!

Got hired this past week while on vacation to work as a SysAdmin at a small but growing wed-development company. The job hits all my sweet spots - great people, relaxed atmosphere, cool technology. I'm as happy as can be.
:party:

Great news, Todd!!!

/tk

Great news, Toddzilla.

w00t!

Got hired this past week while on vacation to work as a SysAdmin at a small but growing wed-development company. The job hits all my sweet spots - great people, relaxed atmosphere, cool technology. I'm as happy as can be.

you were unemployed for 5 months and just went on vacation? awesome.



vacation from what? =)

LAWL - thank you everyone for your support! I'll try my best to not have to update this thread for another 3-4 years or so :)

Grats, again :)

what the hell is "wed-development" anyway? I hope you haven't gone into wedding planning because that is the bottom of the barrel!!

*Disclaimer*
No offense to anybody in the business of wedding planning...I was just making a joke and have no issue with that line of work.